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Support the Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Project The Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board will be holding a Public Workshop and accepting Public Comments from community members like YOU!

​Three years ago Poseidon Water built and constructed the largest seawater desalination plantin the western hemisphere in Carlsbad. Poseidon is in the final permitting stages of a secondseawater desalination plant in Orange County.

Poseidon will be hosting a tour of the Carlsbad Desalination Plant on December 2, 2019 at10:00 a.m. Please RSVP if you would like to attend. Please plan on wearing long pants andclosed-toed shoes. You must also have a state-issued ID, such as a California Driver’s License. Hard hats and vests will be provided at the site. Please respond at info@hbfreshwater.com or call 949-294-8269 with your full name.

Here is the chronological list of lawsuits that have been filed against the Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Project. Between 2006 and 2018, six legal challenges – two lawsuits and four administrative permit appeals – were filed against the Huntington Beach desalination project by opponents of seawater desalination.

Tonight the Orange County Water District (“OCWD”) Board of Directorsvoted to approve an amendment to the 2015 water purchase agreement term sheet with Poseidon Waterfor the purchase of 56,000-acre feet per year of drinking water from the proposed Huntington Beach Desalination Project (“Project”).“This is a great step forward for the ratepayers,” said Orange County Taxpayers Association President and CEO Carolyn Cavecche. “The new agreement further shifts financial risk and responsibility to the private sector, protecting ratepayers and keeping Orange County on track for water independence.”

Majority of California State Legislature want to bring an end to project’s 16-year permitting process Sacramento, CA – Today, Poseidon Water announced overwhelming support from sixty-five California state legislators, including Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, Senate President pro Tem Kevin de Leon and Pro Tem – designee Toni Atkins, in support of the proposed Huntington Beach Desalination Project.